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    Still Life
    Still Life
    Still Life
    Audiobook11 hours

    Still Life

    Written by Joy Fielding

    Narrated by Kymberly Dakin

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Beautiful, happily married, and the owner of a successful interior design business, Casey Marshall couldn’t be more content with her life, until a car slams into her at almost fifty miles an hour, breaking nearly every bone in her body and plunging her into a coma. Lying in her hospital bed, Casey realizes that although she is unable to see or communicate, she can hear everything. She quickly discovers that her friends aren’t necessarily the people she thought them to be—and that her accident might not have been an accident at all. As she struggles to break free from her living death, she begins to wonder if what lies ahead could be even worse.

    “It is Fielding’s ability to get under the skin of her characters—and her readers—that has made her such a dependably bestselling author,” says the Calgary Herald. Smart, suspenseful, and overwhelmingly addictive, Still Life is a novel her fans won’t soon forget.

    “Fielding is a masterful writer.” —Romantic Times Book Club

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMar 1, 2009
    ISBN9781423362630
    Still Life
    Author

    Joy Fielding

    Joy Fielding's ability to portray the lives of ordinary women inextraordinary circumstances—as in See Jane Run andTell Me No Secrets—has made her an internationalbestselling author. She lives in Toronto with herhusband and their two daughters, and spends partof the year in Palm Beach, Florida.

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    • 3/5
      Casey has the perfect life, perfect husband, perfect job and is filthy rich. She gets hit by a vehicle and lands in a coma in hospital, most of the bones in her body broken. Only it wasn't a hit and run, it was attempted murder. She regains her sense of hearing and can understand everything that is said but can't communicate. She hears the person responsible confess. She hears some hard truths from her so-called best friends, and she realizes there will be another attempt on her life. In between visits from her friends, sister and husband, she remembers incidents from her past and childhood. She had an alcoholic mother and a father who was an underhanded unfaithful businessman. Her sister has been an addict and is now a single mother, somewhat irresponsible and chafing because her sister had control of their parent's estate. I can't say i really enjoyed the book. There was way too much filler with background stories. One chapter contained one character waiting for an answer from another and the whole chapter was Casey thinking of this that and the other, memories etc. Just get on with it! It wasn't necessary. The various plot lines were pretty predictable too, right down to the "miracle" ending.
    • 3/5
      In Still Life, Casey Marshall has everything going for her—looks, money, a great marriage, a successful business—that is until she is hit by a car and goes into a coma. The book is all through Casey’s perspective, which means that it all takes place in her hospital room or later the room in her house after she transfers. The book mostly consists of conversations of her family and friends, which made for a slow pace in the novel. It becomes clear fairly early on that someone tried to kill Casey, so there wasn’t a whole lot of suspense when the killer is revealed very early on in the novel.This novel was pretty awful for the most part. Since the novel takes place in Casey’s perspective, the book drowns in inane conversations with poorly written characters. Casey’s internal dialogue is nothing but annoying. The novel uses a dreadful amount of flashback—way too much for my liking. It’s limited because of the way the story is told. In addition, the husband is revealed very early on as the one who plotted to kill Casey. He’s presented as a highly intelligent lawyer who has been able to convince people that he’s this great person. Then ridiculously enough he has conversations which give him away as the killer right in front of Casey, even though it is revealed that she can hear what they are saying. So this intelligent person is talking about how he plotted to kill his wife right in front of her? How ridiculous. Having said all of that, the final third of the novel is actually pretty good. There was sufficient tension and drama, which saves it from being a bad novel.Carl Alves – author of Blood Street
    • 5/5
      Joy Fielding is a great writer. I enjoyed this book. It was a trip and made you think a little more about the people in supposed comas.
    • 5/5
      Casey gets hit by a car and end in the haspital in a coma with most of all her bones are broken. She can hear and understand what she heared around her. She realized that the hit and run was no accident but an attempt on her life. I really injoyed this book.
    • 2/5
      Ich war sonst immer begeistert von Joy Fielding, aber dieses Buch ist in der kompletten Hälfte sooo langweilig, ich kann nicht glauben wie sehr sie nachgelassen hat.Die komplette erste Hälfte liegt Casey im Koma und es wird die ganze Zeit beschrieben, wie schlimm das alles für sie ist..Erst in der zweiten Hälfte wird es spannender, aber auch nur mäßig.Schade.
    • 2/5
      Predictable. Characters not sympathetic or drawn out well.
    • 3/5
      very quick read. interesting story out of the view of a lady in a coma. quiet unusual approach and very dramatic. expecially the ending when you hope that she will wake up but will she in time?
    • 2/5
      Disappointing. I listened to the audio book. Reader was OK, but internal dialogue by the comatose Casey was REALLY irritating. Not much suspense. Tedious.
    • 4/5
      A life full of joys - a wonderful husband, friends, a dream job and money, it all comes to a screeching halt when Casey is hit by a car and falls into a coma. Once she begins to wake up, Casey realizes that her world is dark and she's incapable of any movement, but her hearing - it's sharp. As the days go by, Casey listens to the conversations of doctors, nurses, friends and family that were unaware. Eventually, Casey questions if the hit-and-run wasn't an accident after all.Outside of a traumatic event, being the proverbial fly on the wall is something that many of us have had the desire to be at one time or another. In this case, it wasn't close to a wanted experience. The frustration level that Casey feels is what we might expect - a trapped feeling. I felt Casey's frustration and wouldn't wish that on anybody. It definitely makes you think about how you might handle the situation.The plot was predictable, and I didn't care for the narrator's (audiobook) interpretation of some of the characters, but I still liked being the fly on the wall to Casey's story.Originally posted on: Thoughts of Joy
    • 4/5
      This quick suspense read has a good premise: Casey Marshall, a 32-year old successful, happily married woman is injured in a hit and run goes into a coma. (No, that's not the good premise! That comes next!) She can’t see, she can’t move, she can’t talk, and yet she can hear. No one knows this however. And soon, from the conversations by her bedside, she discovers her injury was no accident, and her loved ones not who she thought they were.This book was quite entertaining. Frankly, I was surprised it wasn’t more “pulpy.” In spite of Casey's dire circumstances, she retains a droll sense of humor about her situation. I also liked Casey’s attempts to match voices she hears of people she doesn't know (like doctors and nurses) with their appearances as she imagines them. And you even get to hear some of George Eliot’s Middlemarch, since one of Casey’s friends reads from it to her on hospital visits. You suspect what might happen, and yet there are still some surprises at the end after a suspenseful build-up. Evaluation: Just right for an airport, a readathon, or a beach book.
    • 4/5
      Very interesting story premise about a young woman who is hit by a speeding car. As she lies in the hospital bed all those around her think she is in a coma. Actually, she is able to hear everything; she is just unable to move, see, or speak. As she listens, she finds that people are not at all who she thought they were, and that time is short.
    • 4/5
      A suspenseful story of a young woman caught between life and death paralysed from a car accident and realizing that someone is trying to kill her. Cleverly written and in spite of her dire situation she manages to come across with humor making this an enjoyable read,
    • 3/5
      With over twenty books under her belt, Joy Fielding is bound to improve with every novel, yet occasionally produce work that feels like it is a step backward to her faithful readers. Still Life: A Novel, while well-written in spite of a tricky Plot device, still manages to fall short of what Fielding fans have come to expect.The gimmick of having the books narrator spend the majority of the novel non-communicative yet fully aware of her surroundings in a coma, attempting to solve her attempted murder and prevent a successful second go at it, seems intriguing and inventive at the start. It is.But the longer you read, the more you begin to realize that you've heard this story before. There isn't much extraordinary material in the book to separate it from other variations on the same theme, including the ever popular "ghost attempting to solve own murder" yarn, no matter how well Fielding handles the self-imposed restrictions of the plot device. Add to that a few instances of non-essential back stories that serve little more purpose than running up the page count, and you can't help shake the feeling that, as competent and well-written Still Life might be, it might have been better served as a short story.Much like the book's heroine, Still Life manages to exist somewhere between a dead bore and a living, breathing work. You may not hate it, but chances are you won't love it, either. Call it a mystery on life support.
    • 4/5
      At 32-years-old Casey Marshall is beautiful, intelligent, extremely wealthy, and married to a loving, dedicated husband. Life is great until the day her life is forever changed after being struck by a car; an event that leaves her in a coma.But Casey isn't your typical coma patient. While she can't move, see, or feel, she can hear everything going on around her.While police determine that what happened to Casey wasn't an accident, her husband, sister and two best friends can't imagine who would want to hurt Casey - especially to wish her dead.As Casey struggles to let those around her know that she is indeed in their presence - even if in audio only - and regain her other lost senses, she learns that she doesn't know her loved ones as well as she thought she did.Surprises abounded in Still Life, an edge-of-seat, can't-put-it-down thriller from Joy Fielding.I absolutely love a mystery and too often these days I am able to figure out the "whodunnit" long before the end. So what I particularly liked about Still Life was that the "who" was answered early, as well as they "why," but the real cliffhanger includes "whens" and "ifs." I was left guessing until the next to the last chapter.Still Life is most definitely in the top 10 of my favorite thriller novels for 2009. If this is a genre you enjoy, you'll want to read Still Life by Joy Fielding.
    • 4/5
      Interesting premise - coma patient fully aware of what's happening but unable to make contact, finds out that the hit-and-run that put her in the hospital wasn't an accident. Casey's a bit too good to be true and the story drags at spots, but still a good read.
    • 4/5
      Joy Fielding has crafted a suspenseful novel in Still Life. I loved how the protagonist, even though mute, motionless and to all outwardly appearance manages to carry this story forward. The interplay between all the characters gives us the feeling of being the proverbial “fly on the wall”. The conversations and behaviors observed by Casey when others think she is essentially a “still life” carving of her, are telling. Casey’s friends and family are not what she has always believed them to be and during her extended coma, she comes to understand who her real friends are, and whom she can’t really trust.The story is handled flawlessly. At first I thought the book would become dull, how long can a character remain comatose and still be an important part of a book, I wondered. I was quickly proven wrong, the book is a real page-turner and I found myself picking it up whenever I had even a few extra minutes to read. Pick up Still Life! If you enjoy a good suspense novel, you’ll love this one!
    • 4/5
      After reading the first few pages, I was immediately hooked. The story begins with Casey eating lunch with her two best friends and the first chapter ends with the hit and run accident. When Casey "wakes" up in her hospital bed and learns she's in a coma, it began to get uncomfortable for me to continue reading. To her family, friends and the hospital staff, Casey was in a coma and her prognosis was grim. For Casey, however, she was trapped inside a body that did not respond, but yet her mind was fully alert. This was really hard for me to read. I began to imagine what it must be like to feel trapped in my own body. The author did a great job with portraying Casey's frustration, anxiety, fear and thoughts of her own mortality.Soon we realize her accident was indeed intentional. The killer's identity is revealed early, however as Casey's condition continues to improve, the killer must strike again before she gains consciousness. The killer's identity doesn't come as a surprise, but the reader does learn more about his/her past.
    • 4/5
      Joy Fielding is quite a story teller! Casey Marshall has a life that would be envied by nearly anyone. She is young, healthy, beautiful, successful, wealthy and happily married. After a lunch with her two best friends, while walking to her Lexus, she is struck and nearly killed by a speeding SUV.So much for the perfect life. Fielding brings the horror of being trapped helpless in your own body a new twist. While lying in a hospital bed, Casey can hear all that is said around her, and has no way to communicate to anyone that she is able to do so. Her younger, and very troubled sister Drew visits, as do her two friends. Janine and Gail. They continue their visits throughout the months that Casey lies unable to connect with them in any way. Her husband Warren makes the decision that Casey would be happier if she were to be taken to her own home, and cared for by professionals he hires. This really is a wonderful, yet horrifying and suspenseful read. It is a book that you will not want to put down, and I didn't. I have never read anything by this author before, but I absolutely will. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good suspenseful story with a lot of believable twists and turns.
    • 5/5
      I have never read Joy Fielding before but I this book that she just great. Once I started reading it I could not put it down.Casey Marshall is run down by a car finds herself in a coma. Casey can hear everything that people are saying around her including that her accident might not have been an accident after all. Her husband warren is not what he seems . The author does an excellent job writing what it is like to be in a be in a coma, hear everything but not wake up. I am glad that casey finally does wake up and that warren gets what he deserves.
    • 4/5
      Joy Fielding's latest book Still Life has just been released by Random House Canada. And like many of her previous novels, it's sure to be a bestseller.Casey Marshall is 'that' girl. Beautiful, wealthy, successful in everything she attempts - business and love, with a great life and wonderful friends. She is leaving a restaurant after lunching with friends when she is hit by an SUV that flees the scene. Miraculously Casey isn't dead - but she is in a coma.Here's the great twist - she can hear everything going on around her, but can't respond, verbally or physically. Once Casey had thought it would be great fun in life "to be able to eavesdrop, to listen in on private conversations, to find out what people were really thinking, to discover their deepest secrets, witness what they did when they assumed they were alone."But then she hears the detective in charge of her case say that it may not have been an accident, it may have been an attempt on her life. Who could want her dead? Her loving husband, her troubled sister, her two best friends, someone from work?"How bitterly ironic... that her main reason for living had come down to finding out who wanted her dead."The entire story is based around Casey - what she can hear and what she learns about those closest to her. We learn the back story through her memories.If you're looking for a terrifically entertaining read this is definitely a good choice. Not an overly elaborate whodunit and the characters are a bit formulaic, but a satisfying page turner, perfect for a bit of escapist reading on the beach or on a rainy day.
    • 5/5
      Still Life by Joy FieldingImagine being hit by a car, almost every bone in your body broken, bleeding in the brain, you are in a coma. Now imagine that you awake but nobody knows it. You are trapped inside your own body, you can’t see, move, feel or even catch a scent; but you can hear. Oh yes you can hear everything said around you. Imagine not knowing if what you are hearing is real or your dreams. You hear the Dr’s making their rounds, you hear your friends, your loved ones, the police, your enemies and your husband or wife talking about you as if you weren’t there. You are aware of it all and there is not a single thing you can do about it. Chilling, horrifying, terrifying. Now imagine that one of these people had deliberately done this to you. This is exactly what happens to Casey Marshall, a happily married, wealthy, successful business woman. One day as she is leaving lunch she had just shared with her friends she is run over while walking to her car. While In a coma she finds out that not all is as it seems. Locked inside her own brain she begins to have doubts about everyone around her and she even has doubts about her own sanity.As Casey starts getting better, she realizes that her days are numbered. The would-be killer also knows that she is slowly recovering and the killer’s time is swiftly running out.Ms Fielding writes this so vividly and expertly that I have to wonder how she did her research. Through Ms Fielding’s expert writing and vivid descriptions, I physically felt Casey’s panic at being transferred out of the safety of the hospital and into the hands of the assassin. The author’s ability to keep the tension going right through to the exciting conclusion was brilliant. Thank you Ms Fielding. I’ve never read anything by you until Still Life, but believe me when I say I’ll be stocking up on some of your other books now!If you know anything about the late Martha “Sunny” von Bulow, this will be right up your alley; and fans of the classic movie Gaslight will enjoy this too.